#AbilmenteVicenza24

My name is Anna, and my passion is called "tatting lace."

Over the years, I have done a lot of research, and in addition to traditional tatting, I have also learned Ankars techniques (whose origins are from Eastern countries) and Celtic tatting. I enjoy creating jewelry and accessories because they allow me to unleash my creativity.

Furthermore, by organizing courses, I have the opportunity to share this beautiful technique with others

Hello, my name is Daniela, and I have been practicing botanical printing for about 10 years. This technique allows me to imprint the patterns and colors of leaves, flowers, roots, and berries onto fabrics, paper, leather, and ceramics. At the fair, I will be offering introductory courses on eco-printing on fabric or leather.

Embroidery is a fundamental part of my life. Since I was little, I have been passionate about this art, starting with simple techniques and eventually, after many years, approaching a type of embroidery that I prefer: modern embroidery made of colorful fabrics and threads, while still using traditional techniques. The many years of study have led me to invent a new technique, Sicilian Créatif embroidery, representative of the land I live in, but at the same time, filled with many innovations. So, besides embroidering and incorporating my own designs as the starting point, I try to pass on my experience to those, especially beginners, who have a desire to learn.

I started dedicating myself to embroidery to strengthen my knowledge of the classic Reticello, a type of embroidery usually done in white on white. But then, I decided to take more daring steps and began exploring complex designs and adding colors to my embroidery, both in Reticello and other styles. And you know what? I ended up discovering something truly surprising! In Reticello, I found a way to create truly unique flowers, resulting in original designs that you can see in my Herbarium. I even applied these flowers to Hardanger embroidery, creating the "Fiordaliso," which has become very popular in my latest manual.

We are a group of ladies who are passionate about embroidery. We meet every week to embroider, exchange experiences, and learn new techniques. Florentine Trapunto is one of the techniques we adore, but we also have a great love for background nets, Reticello, pulled thread work, cross-stitch, and counted thread embroidery. Another one of our passions is creating sewn boxes.

Embroidery school? Not just that. I like to think of Manufacta - Exploring Threads as a place for experimentation. We knot, weave, and wind all kinds of threads that come into our hands, even the most unlikely ones, to create something that is always unique and exclusively ours. In all colors and for all types. For all ages. The art of ancient handmade thread buttons is my most recent passion: I offer it to you, revised and perfected, right here at Abilmente.

In all my creations I try to combine embroidery and painting, I make them search, chase, compare and joyfully coexist. With my hands I love to join small stitches with colored threads on linen and cotton to weave them with "harmonious distortions" and thus celebrate an ancient craft: embroidery.

Through embroidery I love creating flowers, personalized letters, weaves and stitches  that play harmoniously with the colored petals. I can't wait to let you enter my world and pass on all my passion and technique to you.